{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Maerkens A"],"funding":["Intramural NIH HHS","German Research Foundation","Ruhr-University Bochum","Heimer Foundation"],"pagination":["14-27"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5120880"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["90"],"pubmed_abstract":["Desminopathy is a subtype of myofibrillar myopathy caused by desmin mutations and characterized by protein aggregates accumulating in muscle fibers. The aim of this study was to assess the protein composition of these aggregates. Aggregates and intact myofiber sections were obtained from skeletal muscle biopsies of five desminopathy patients by laser microdissection and analyzed by a label-free spectral count-based proteomic approach. We identified 397 proteins with 22 showing significantly higher spectral indices in aggregates (ratio >1.8, p<0.05). Fifteen of these proteins not previously reported as specific aggregate components provide new insights regarding pathomechanisms of desminopathy. Results of proteomic analysis were supported by immunolocalization studies and parallel reaction "],"journal":["Journal of proteomics"],"pubmed_title":["Differential proteomic analysis of abnormal intramyoplasmic aggregates in desminopathy."],"pmcid":["PMC5120880"],"funding_grant_id":["F680-2009","KL 2487/1-1","F599R-2008","FOR1352","F755-2012","Z01 NS002973","FOR1228"],"pubmed_authors":["Tegenthoff M","Schreiner A","Meyer HE","Marcus K","van der Ven PF","Muller T","Eisenacher M","Uszkoreit J","Reimann J","Schroder R","Guttsches AK","Theis V","Tonillo J","Milting H","Maerkens A","Barkovits K","Furst DO","Vorgerd M","Kuhlmann K","Olive M","Kley RA","Goldfarb LG"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Differential proteomic analysis of abnormal intramyoplasmic aggregates in desminopathy.","description":"Desminopathy is a subtype of myofibrillar myopathy caused by desmin mutations and characterized by protein aggregates accumulating in muscle fibers. The aim of this study was to assess the protein composition of these aggregates. Aggregates and intact myofiber sections were obtained from skeletal muscle biopsies of five desminopathy patients by laser microdissection and analyzed by a label-free spectral count-based proteomic approach. We identified 397 proteins with 22 showing significantly higher spectral indices in aggregates (ratio >1.8, p<0.05). Fifteen of these proteins not previously reported as specific aggregate components provide new insights regarding pathomechanisms of desminopathy. Results of proteomic analysis were supported by immunolocalization studies and parallel reaction ","dates":{"release":"2013-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2013 Sep","modification":"2026-05-01T15:16:10.095Z","creation":"2026-04-07T17:03:47.549Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5120880","cross_references":{"pubmed":["23639843"],"doi":["10.1016/j.jprot.2013.04.026"]}}